The list below shows the preliminary number of walleyes removed from northern Wisconsin lakes in 2026, by Chippewa out of season fishing. A “keeper walleye” is a fish weighing between 1 ¾ and 2 pounds. The lakes are listed by county.
The numbers indicate:
33,169 walleyes were directly removed from northern Wisconsin lakes as they tried to spawn. Using .24% previously reported by the Wisconsin DNR, a calculated 7961 were females.
82,927 keeper walleyes will never hatch because of the females taken out of season.
431,911 keeper walleyes will never hatch because of the loss of one spawning year.
431,911 keeper walleyes will never hatch because of the loss of a second spawning year.
Added in total 979,918 keeper walleyes (1 ¾ to 2 pounds) were removed from the northern Wisconsin lakes in 2026 by Chippewa out of season fishing.
Since 1985, On Wisconsin Outdoors has calculated that the total number of keeper walleyes removed from northern Wisconsin lakes by Chippewa out of season fishing is 34,697,302.
BARRON BEAR L 24
BARRON BEAVER DAM L 20
BARRON DUCK L 0
BARRON GRANITE L 87
BARRON PRAIRIE L 519
BARRON RED CEDAR L 625
BARRON SILVER L 83
BAYFIELD DIAMOND L 40
BAYFIELD L OWEN 118
BAYFIELD MIDDLE EAU CLAIRE L 59
BAYFIELD NAMEKAGON L 938
BAYFIELD PIKE L CHAIN 81
BAYFIELD SISKIWIT L 50
BAYFIELD UPPER EAU CLAIRE L 134
BURNETT BIG MCKENZIE L 117
BURNETT DEVILS L 9
BURNETT LIPSETT L 34
BURNETT LITTLE YELLOW L 14
BURNETT ROONEY L 6
BURNETT YELLOW L 200
CHIPPEWA HOLCOMBE FL 0
CHIPPEWA L WISSOTA 0
CHIPPEWA LONG L 38
DOUGLAS BOND L 7
DOUGLAS EAU CLAIRE RIVER 3
DOUGLAS L NEBAGAMON 134
DOUGLAS LOWER EAU CLAIRE L 16
DOUGLAS UPPER ST CROIX L 86
DOUGLAS WHITEFISH L 91
FOREST L LUCERNE 98
FOREST L METONGA 866
FOREST LILY L 176
FOREST LITTLE SAND L 11
FOREST STEVENS L 3
IRON CEDAR L 1
IRON PINE L 21
IRON TRUDE L 7
IRON TURTLE-FLAMBEAU FL 1330
LANGLADE ENTERPRISE L 201
LANGLADE ROSE L 19
LANGLADE SAWYER L 6
LANGLADE WOLF RIVER 66
LINCOLN JERSEY CITY FL 168
LINCOLN L MOHAWKSIN 1
LINCOLN RICE RES./NOKOMIS CHAIN 1177
LINCOLN SEVEN ISLAND L 81
OCONTO ARCHIBALD L 45
ONEIDA BEARSKIN L 493
ONEIDA BIG FORK L 320
ONEIDA BIG L 210
ONEIDA BOLGER L 40
ONEIDA BOOTH L 25
ONEIDA BUCKSKIN L 35
ONEIDA BUFFALO L 28
ONEIDA CARROL L 22
ONEIDA DAM L 71
ONEIDA HASBROOK L 135
ONEIDA KATHERINE L 80
ONEIDA KAWAGUESAGA L 206
ONEIDA L THOMPSON 0
ONEIDA LITTLE FORK L 120
ONEIDA LONG L 50
ONEIDA MANSON L 0
ONEIDA MEDICINE L 123
ONEIDA MINOCQUA L 425
ONEIDA MUSKELLUNGE L 22
ONEIDA N NOKOMIS L 69
ONEIDA PELICAN L 484
ONEIDA PLANTING GROUND L 150
ONEIDA RAINBOW FL 505
ONEIDA SAND L 42
ONEIDA SEVENMILE L 90
ONEIDA SHISHEBOGAMA L 7
ONEIDA SQUIRREL L 584
ONEIDA TOMAHAWK L
ONEIDA TOMAHAWK L CHAIN 1827
ONEIDA TWO SISTERS L 46
ONEIDA WILLOW FL 1073
POLK BALSAM L 136
POLK BIG BUTTERNUT L 114
POLK BIG ROUND L 0
POLK BONE L 0
POLK PIPE L 18
POLK WAPOGASSET L 347
PRICE BUTTERNUT L 458
PRICE LONG L 0
PRICE PIKE L 113
PRICE ROUND L 701
PRICE SOLBERG L 11
RUSK AMACOY L 4
SAWYER CONNORS L 91
SAWYER EVERGREEN L 0
SAWYER GRINDSTONE L 206
SAWYER L CHETAC 271
SAWYER L CHIPPEWA 2323
SAWYER LAC COURTE OREILLES 263
SAWYER LOST LAND L 91
SAWYER MASON L 3
SAWYER ROUND L 320
SAWYER SAND L 165
SAWYER SISSABAGAMA L 322
SAWYER SPIDER L 91
SAWYER TEAL L 176
SAWYER WHITEFISH L 104
SAWYER WINDFALL L 58
ST. CROIX CEDAR L 13
TAYLOR RIB L 89
VILAS ALDER L 1
VILAS ALLEQUASH L 85
VILAS AMBER L 183
VILAS APEEKWA L 0
VILAS ARROWHEAD L 4
VILAS BIG ARBOR VITAE L 468
VILAS BIG L (BOULDER JCT) 336
VILAS BIG L (MI BORDER) 363
VILAS BIG MUSKELLUNGE L 376
VILAS BIG PORTAGE L 194
VILAS BIG SAND L 13
VILAS BIG ST GERMAIN L 213
VILAS BOULDER L 163
VILAS CATFISH L 320
VILAS CLEAR L 84
VILAS CRAB L 41
VILAS CRANBERRY L 519
VILAS DEAD PIKE L 29
VILAS EAGLE L 316
VILAS ESCANABA L 218
VILAS FOREST L 180
VILAS FOUND L 42
VILAS HARRIS L 40
VILAS HIGH L 8
VILAS HORSEHEAD L 91
VILAS ISLAND L 312
VILAS JOHNSON L 3
VILAS KENTUCK L 420
VILAS L LAURA 50
VILAS LITTLE ARBOR VITAE L 166
VILAS LITTLE JOHN L 77
VILAS LITTLE SPIDER L 17
VILAS LITTLE ST GERMAIN L 84
VILAS LITTLE STAR L 47
VILAS LONG L 159
VILAS LOST CANOE L 58
VILAS LOST L 26
VILAS LOWER BUCKATABON L
VILAS LYNX L 47
VILAS MAMIE L 35
VILAS MANITOWISH L 91
VILAS MUSKELLUNGE L 1
VILAS OXBOW L 186
VILAS PAPOOSE L 79
VILAS PLUM L 106
VILAS PRESQUE ISLE L
VILAS PRESQUE ISLE L CHAIN 302
VILAS RAZORBACK L 62
VILAS REST L 96
VILAS SNIPE L 42
VILAS SPARKLING L 40
VILAS SPIDER L 53
VILAS STAR L 479
VILAS TENDERFOOT L 31
VILAS TROUT L 1319
VILAS TWIN L CHAIN 1668
VILAS UPPER BUCKATABON L 7
VILAS UPPER GRESHAM L 48
VILAS W BAY L 53
VILAS WHITE SAND L 12
VILAS WILDCAT L 35
WASHBURN BALSAM L 67
WASHBURN BASS (Patterson) L 14
WASHBURN L NANCY 48
WASHBURN LONG L 610
WASHBURN MIDDLE MCKENZIE L 73
WASHBURN SHELL L 279
TOTAL 33169
